As we thought, the new logo is a modern take on the 1938 leaf. That said, there are some small differences. For instance, the text is much nicer and properly centred. Also, the old Leaf was had 35-points, while the new one only has 31. One point was removed from each of the bottom and middle ‘branches’ while the tall, middle branch remains unchanged.

According to the Leafs, the 31 points is a nod to the year 1931 and the opening of Maple Leaf Gardens. Also, the new leaf has a total of 17 veins, representing the inaugural Leafs season in 1917. Lastly, there are thirteen veins at the top of the leaf, which represents 13 Stanley Cup victories.

The new jersey in its entirety will be revealed at the 2016 NHL Draft in Buffalo, New York.

If that’s not enough for you, in a bit of a surprise announcement the Toronto Marlies have also rebranded and received a new logo. Here are the two new logos side-by-side, from @mirtle.

Justin, I met the old fart a couple of times when the leafs were in Vancouver. Truly one of the more despicable people ever involved in professional sports.

I was reminded of him the other day when the papers ran a story of the 40th anniversary of Sittler’s 10 point game. The story mentioned the p.r. director, a guy who faithfully worked for Ballard for peanuts for decades.

When he passed away, his wife was interrupted by a Ballard flunkie as she watched her husband’s casket being lowered into the burial site. Harold’s henchman asked her for the car keys of the company car that the p.r. director used. It doesn’t get any lower than that.

My OCD is kicking in because I can’t look at the new logo for more than a few seconds without feeling like there is something very off about it. The lack of symmetry, especially of the stem, nauseates me. The stem on the 63/64 logo was less pronounced so it didn’t have the same effect. Looking at that thing at center ice twice per week is going to kill me.

I think they’ve gone a bit overboard. It doesn’t look like a waffle at all, no matter what they say. It’s like there are two different teams. There’s the Toronto Maple Leafs who always make the headlines and then there’s the Toronto Maple Waffles who always hit the ice.